St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-07
The House Refuses to Take Up
the Charges Against Dillon.

the Charges Against Dillon.
LONDON, May 6.--George Price Con
servative), resuming the debate in the
commons this evening on the motion to
appoint committee to inquire into the
Times charges against Dillon, sug-
gested (derisive Parnellite laughter)
that royal commission be appointed to
inquire into all charges against the Par
nelliteS. He said lie made the sugges-
ton on his own responsibility. He
asked the Irish members OH this day,
above all others, the anniversary of the
Phoenix park murders, not to throw
any obstacle in the way of an impartial
inquiry. Sir Henry James regretted
that responsible speakers among the
of justice in England was so defective
that it was improbable that fair trial
could be obtained on the issues involved
in this controversy. He asked what
single instance could be given to prove
this scandalous assertion. He defied
Sir Charles Russell to point out a single
case in support of such statement. Ii
English committeeman were just
WHY NOT JURYMEN
in law court? If the proposal of the
Opposition should be carried out it
would imply that member of the house
who had been attacked in newspaper
need only come before the house,
pronounce the statement false, and de-
mand that the publisher be convicted of
breach of privilege. If members of
the house had regard for their reputa-
ton the courts of law were open to as
SiSt them to vindicate their character
and punish the libelous offender.
l coli IL
question seemed worthy of inquiry by
the character of its members. The Par
nellites did not care pinch of snuff
whether they got this inquiry or not,
but if the government majority refused
the inquiry the name of the British gen.
tleman would be placed on level with
that of the Indian thug. The Parnell-
ties challenged the Tories to combat at
once on this question. They would
stand on no technical references, but
meet any charges brought against them.
From the decision of the majority of the
house the Parnellites would appeal to
people outside and to other nations.
The Irish people never sent them there
to beg favOrS, but to demand rights. In
spite of all obstacles they would in time
obtain their rights. Cheers.] Maj.
Sdtu liC ulu llul NOilut1 lIldt
Gladstone tried to whitewash his Irish
friends who were now
SUPPLYING HIS POLICY.
Why. he asked. should the house ap-
point committee to inquire into
charges sustained by such proofs as the
Times offered? He challenged Dillon to
disprove the Times evidence.
DillOn-''I have offered to enter into
the charges fully before committee. l
shall no longer exchange the lie with
members of the house over them.''
SaundersOn said a committee limited
in the way Gladstone proposed could
only deal with one charge. Its decision
would be practically worthless upon
general accusations. The only way to
obtain full inquiry was by trial in open
court. embracing all the charges. Hear,
hear Henry Fowler, Liberal, said he
must decline TO believe that English
juries were infallible, especially when
political questions were involved. He
reminded the house, as q typical ill
stance, to gross injustice done Lord
Cochran. Was special jury drawn
from London traders, he asked, better
Qualified to deal with the question than
a committee selected from members of
parliament. The Parnellites did not de-
sire to limit the inquiry. He had tel
egram from Parnell stating that he was
quite willing to extend the inquiry so as
to include the forged letter published by
the Times. [Cheers.] Gladstone's mo-
ton was rejected, 317 to 233. Sir Ed
wsrd Clarke's motion, that the house
decline to treat the Times publication as
a breach of privilege was agreed to.
TIE TIMES TICKLED.
The Times this morning says it re-
joices that parliament was not ensnared
into establishing new and an embar-
RAISING precedent by the appointment
of committee to hear the Dillon case.
1.-The committee would have been en-
gagged" says the Times, lin what law
yers call a fishing inquiry. Its action